[Drugs acting on feeding behavior]

The pharmacology of food intake has made considerable progress due to recent developments in neurobiology and to advances in the final analysis of eating behaviour. In this way, the pharmacology of food intake has risen to the rank of a more global pharmacology of eating behaviour. It is now possible to evaluate the points of impact of catecholaminergic, serotoninergic and opioid agents in terms of central or peripheral mode of action and also in terms of behavioral sequence. Some serotoninergic and opioid agents currently under development are opening new therapeutic vistas.